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REVEALED: MI6 ran a molehunt in the 1990s after a CIA lead that the Russians had recruited an MI6 officer. Fears were of 'another Philby'. The hunt went on for years and was ultimately labelled 'inconclusive'. More details in the "The Spy in the Archive" - out in the UK next week
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Heartbreaking & hopeful reporting on Syria 🇸🇾 including interviews with former political prisoner @omarAlshogre & composer @MalekJandali, by @BBCTimFranks & the NewsHour team at @bbcworldservice. bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/w172zb…
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Much of Syrian composer @MalekJandali's music is inspired by the protest chants of the 2011 uprising. Today, he hopes the fall of Assad can create a "symphony of peace"
A real privilege to produce this interview with @BBCTimFranks. Listen here from 39:30
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🗣️ "HE WENT FOR IT AND HE SCORED!"
Check out this near 70-yard screamer from Stranraer's Finn Ecrepont 😲👏
📽️ Courtesy of @StranraerFC
#BBCFootball
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Lukashenko says Evgeny Prigozhin, Wagner boss & mutineer, is in St Petersburg
‘He is not on the territory of Belarus’
Progizhin’s jet has certainly been flying between Moscow-St P recently
He says Wagner men are at their bases, as far as he knows
Via t.me/pul_1
Tim Franks retweeted
WATERBURY, Conn. (AP) — Jury says Alex Jones should pay $965 million to people who suffered from his lies about the Sandy Hook school massacre.
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We are aware of a fake video with BBC News branding suggesting Ukraine was responsible for last week’s missile attack on Kramatorsk train station. The BBC is taking action to have the video removed. We urge people not to share it and to check stories on the BBC News website.
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For the latest updates on the situation in #Gaza, do follow @Rushdibbc. He's lived through and reported on more conflicts there than anyone & will literally be up all night monitoring this escalation in violence too.
#Gaza has not experienced a situation like this for years. This miserable, over-crowded city knows very well what war means.
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You can hear Tim and #Newshour here: bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/live:b…
President Biden due to announce US troops will be out of Afghanistan by Sept 11th.
On Newshour former US NATO ambassador @kvolker tells me: "It's a mistake".
Listen on @bbcworldservice
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BBC statement on missing BBC Burmese journalist, Aung Thura
ALT Image of Aung Thora. BBC Statement: "We are extremely concerned about our BBC News Burmese Reporter, Aung Thura, who was taken away by unidentified men in the Burmese capital, Nay Pyi Taw, at approximately midday local time (0530GMT) today Friday 19th March. The BBC takes the safety of all its staff in Myanmar very seriously and we are doing everything we can to find Aung Thura. We call on the authorities to help locate him and confirm that he is safe. Aung Thura is an accredited BBC journalist with many years of reporting experience covering events in Nay Pyi Taw.”
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PS: @David_Leheny was my TA and gave a student a B+ on a paper that we then realized was plagiarized when the student complained he didn’t get an A and we reread it. He had copied from LaFeber+Gaddis. I called Walt and said, FYI, my TA gave you a B+.
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Hi there @jaketapper. I'm a correspondent in #Bogota. (Colombia) Sorry to say we haven't had any mobs storming the congress here for several decades. But I'll let you know if anything happens. xitter.cf/alejandrordo/status/13…
"It's surreal, I feel like I'm talking to a correspondent reporting from Bogota" @jaketapper
Tim Franks retweeted
The Wisconsin Elections Commission administrator has just told reporters that there are no votes left to be counted in that state.
(Biden currently leads there by more than 20,000 votes.)
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Shots fired in the Inner City district - there are persons injured - KEEP AWAY from all public places or public Transport - don't share any Videos or Fotos!
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That debate was the worst thing I've ever seen & I was in The Star Wars Holiday Special.
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BREAKING: Alex Salmond cleared on all charges
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